Visit to the United Kingdom by Mr. Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs

September 10, 2008

Mr. Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, will visit the United Kingdom from September 15 (Mon) to September 18 (Thu).
Mr. Ito will attend a reception to be held at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom to celebrate 150 years of diplomatic relations between the UK and Japan and will deliver a speech at the ceremony.
Taking this opportunity, Mr. Ito will also have a meeting with the Rt. Hon. Lord Malloch-Brown, Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and will exchange views on bilateral relations, regional situations and cooperation in the international arena.

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